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Liang Q, DeMuth JC, Radović A, Wolford NJ, Neidig ML, Song D. [2Fe-2S] Cluster Supported by Redox-Active o-Phenylenediamide Ligands and Its Application toward Dinitrogen Reduction. Inorg Chem 2021; 60:13811-13820. [PMID: 34043353 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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As prevalent cofactors in living organisms, iron-sulfur clusters participate in not only the electron-transfer processes but also the biosynthesis of other cofactors. Many synthetic iron-sulfur clusters have been used in model studies, aiming to mimic their biological functions and to gain mechanistic insight into the related biological systems. The smallest [2Fe-2S] clusters are typically used for one-electron processes because of their limited capacity. Our group is interested in functionalizing small iron-sulfur clusters with redox-active ligands to enhance their electron storage capacity, because such functionalized clusters can potentially mediate multielectron chemical transformations. Herein we report the synthesis, structural characterization, and catalytic activity of a diferric [2Fe-2S] cluster functionalized with two o-phenylenediamide ligands. The electrochemical and chemical reductions of such a cluster revealed rich redox chemistry. The functionalized diferric cluster can store up to four electrons reversibly, where the first two reduction events are ligand-based and the remainder metal-based. The diferric [2Fe-2S] cluster displays catalytic activity toward silylation of dinitrogen, affording up to 88 equiv of the amine product per iron center.
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- Qiuming Liang
- Davenport Chemical Research Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States
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- Davenport Chemical Research Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada
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Biphenyl degradation by recombinant photosynthetic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 in an oligotrophic environment using unphysiological electron transfer. Biochem J 2020; 476:3615-3630. [PMID: 31738393 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20190731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Cyanobacteria are potentially useful photosynthetic microorganisms for bioremediation under oligotrophic environments. Here, the biphenyl degradation pathway genes of β-proteobacterium Acidovorax sp. strain KKS102 were co-expressed in cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 cells under control of the photo-inducible psbE promoter. In the KKS102 cells, biphenyl is dioxygenated by bphA1 and bphA2 gene products complex using electrons supplied from NADH via bphA4 and bphA3 gene products (BphA4 and BphA3, respectively), and converted to benzoic acid by bphB, bphC and bphD gene products. Unexpectedly, biphenyl was effectively hydroxylated in oligotrophic BG11 medium by co-expressing the bphA3, bphA1 and bphA2 genes without the bphA4 gene, suggesting that endogenous cyanobacteria-derived protein(s) can supply electrons to reduce BphA3 at the start of the biphenyl degradation pathway. Furthermore, biphenyl was converted to benzoic acid by cyanobacterial cells co-expressing bphA3, bphA1, bphA2, bphB, bphC and bphD. Structural gene-screening using recombinant Escherichia coli cells co-expressing bphA3, bphA1, bphA2, bphB and bphC suggested that petH, which encodes long- and short-type NADP-ferredoxin oxidoreductase isomers (FNRL and FNRS, respectively), and slr0600, which is annotated as an NADPH-thioredoxin reductase gene in CyanoBase, were BphA3-reducible proteins. Purified FNRL and FNRS, and the slr0600 gene product showed BphA3 reductase activity dependent on NADPH and the reduced form of glutathione, respectively, potentially shedding light on the physiological roles of the slr0600 gene product in cyanobacterial cells. Collectively, our results demonstrate the utility of Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 cells as a host for bioremediation of biphenyl compounds under oligotrophic environments without an organic carbon source.
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Characterization of a putative NsrR homologue in Streptomyces venezuelae reveals a new member of the Rrf2 superfamily. Sci Rep 2016; 6:31597. [PMID: 27605472 PMCID: PMC5015018 DOI: 10.1038/srep31597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Members of the Rrf2 superfamily of transcription factors are widespread in bacteria but their functions are largely unexplored. The few that have been characterized in detail sense nitric oxide (NsrR), iron limitation (RirA), cysteine availability (CymR) and the iron sulfur (Fe-S) cluster status of the cell (IscR). In this study we combined ChIP- and dRNA-seq with in vitro biochemistry to characterize a putative NsrR homologue in Streptomyces venezuelae. ChIP-seq analysis revealed that rather than regulating the nitrosative stress response like Streptomyces coelicolor NsrR, Sven6563 binds to a conserved motif at a different, much larger set of genes with a diverse range of functions, including a number of regulators, genes required for glutamine synthesis, NADH/NAD(P)H metabolism, as well as general DNA/RNA and amino acid/protein turn over. Our biochemical experiments further show that Sven6563 has a [2Fe-2S] cluster and that the switch between oxidized and reduced cluster controls its DNA binding activity in vitro. To our knowledge, both the sensing domain and the putative target genes are novel for an Rrf2 protein, suggesting Sven6563 represents a new member of the Rrf2 superfamily. Given the redox sensitivity of its Fe-S cluster we have tentatively named the protein RsrR for Redox sensitive response Regulator.
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Ledesma-García L, Sánchez-Azqueta A, Medina M, Reyes-Ramírez F, Santero E. Redox proteins of hydroxylating bacterial dioxygenases establish a regulatory cascade that prevents gratuitous induction of tetralin biodegradation genes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:23848. [PMID: 27030382 PMCID: PMC4814904 DOI: 10.1038/srep23848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Bacterial dioxygenase systems are multicomponent enzymes that catalyze the initial degradation of many environmentally hazardous compounds. In Sphingopyxis granuli strain TFA tetralin dioxygenase hydroxylates tetralin, an organic contaminant. It consists of a ferredoxin reductase (ThnA4), a ferredoxin (ThnA3) and a oxygenase (ThnA1/ThnA2), forming a NAD(P)H–ThnA4–ThnA3–ThnA1/ThnA2 electron transport chain. ThnA3 has also a regulatory function since it prevents expression of tetralin degradation genes (thn) in the presence of non-metabolizable substrates of the catabolic pathway. This role is of physiological relevance since avoids gratuitous and wasteful production of catabolic enzymes. Our hypothesis for thn regulation implies that ThnA3 exerts its action by diverting electrons towards the regulator ThnY, an iron-sulfur flavoprotein that together with the transcriptional activator ThnR is necessary for thn gene expression. Here we analyze electron transfer among ThnA4, ThnA3 and ThnY by using stopped-flow spectrophotometry and determination of midpoint reduction potentials. Our results indicate that when accumulated in its reduced form ThnA3 is able to fully reduce ThnY. In addition, we have reproduced in vitro the regulatory circuit in the proposed physiological direction, NAD(P)H–ThnA4–ThnA3–ThnY. ThnA3 represents an unprecedented way of communication between a catabolic pathway and its regulatory system to prevent gratuitous induction.
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- Laura Ledesma-García
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, and Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Celular, and Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas/Junta de Andalucía, and Departamento de Biología Molecular e Ingeniería Bioquímica, Seville, Spain
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The competition between chemistry and biology in assembling iron–sulfur derivatives. Molecular structures and electrochemistry. Part III. {[Fe2S2](Cys)3(X)} (X=Asp, Arg, His) and {[Fe2S2](Cys)2(His)2} proteins. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2015.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Reesbeck ME, Rodriguez MM, Brennessel WW, Mercado BQ, Vinyard D, Holland PL. Oxidized and reduced [2Fe-2S] clusters from an iron(I) synthon. J Biol Inorg Chem 2015; 20:875-83. [PMID: 26044124 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-015-1272-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Synthetic [2Fe-2S] clusters are often used to elucidate ligand effects on the reduction potentials and spectroscopy of natural electron-transfer sites, which can have anionic Cys ligands or neutral His ligands. Current synthetic routes to [2Fe-2S] clusters are limited in their feasibility with a range of supporting ligands. Here, we report a new synthetic route to synthetic [2Fe-2S] clusters, through oxidation of an iron(I) source with elemental sulfur. This method yields a neutral diketiminate-supported [2Fe-2S] cluster in the diiron(III)-oxidized form. The oxidized [2Fe-2S] cluster can be reduced to a mixed valent iron(II)-iron(III) compound. Both the diferric and reduced mixed valent clusters are characterized using X-ray crystallography, Mössbauer spectroscopy, EPR spectroscopy and cyclic voltammetry. The reduced compound is particularly interesting because its X-ray crystal structure shows a difference in Fe-S bond lengths to one of the iron atoms, consistent with valence localization. The valence localization is also evident from Mössbauer spectroscopy.
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- Megan E Reesbeck
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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Characterization of a novel Rieske-type alkane monooxygenase system in Pusillimonas sp. strain T7-7. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:1892-901. [PMID: 23417490 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02107-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cold-tolerant bacterium Pusillimonas sp. strain T7-7 is able to utilize diesel oils (C5 to C30 alkanes) as a sole carbon and energy source. In the present study, bioinformatics, proteomics, and real-time reverse transcriptase PCR approaches were used to identify the alkane hydroxylation system present in this bacterium. This system is composed of a Rieske-type monooxygenase, a ferredoxin, and an NADH-dependent reductase. The function of the monooxygenase, which consists of one large (46.711 kDa) and one small (15.355 kDa) subunit, was further studied using in vitro biochemical analysis and in vivo heterologous functional complementation tests. The purified large subunit of the monooxygenase was able to oxidize alkanes ranging from pentane (C5) to tetracosane (C24) using NADH as a cofactor, with greatest activity on the C15 substrate. The large subunit also showed activity on several alkane derivatives, including nitromethane and methane sulfonic acid, but it did not act on any aromatic hydrocarbons. The optimal reaction condition of the large subunit is pH 7.5 at 30°C. Fe(2+) can enhance the activity of the enzyme evidently. This is the first time that an alkane monooxygenase system belonging to the Rieske non-heme iron oxygenase family has been identified in a bacterium.
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Türker L. A Model Study on the Possible Effects of an External Electrical Field on Enzymes Having Dinuclear Iron Cluster [2Fe-2S]. ScientificWorldJournal 2012; 2012:985958. [PMID: 22629229 PMCID: PMC3353660 DOI: 10.1100/2012/985958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hydrogenases which catalyze the H2↔ 2H+ + 2e− reaction are metalloenzymes that can be divided into two classes, the NiFe and Fe enzymes, on the basis of their metal content. Iron-sulfur clusters [2Fe-2S] and [4Fe-4S] are common in ironhydrogenases. In the present model study, [2Fe-2S] cluster has been considered to visualize the effect of external electric field on various quantum chemical properties of it. In the model, all the cysteinyl residues are in the amide form. The PM3 type semiempirical calculations have been performed for the geometry optimization of the model structure in the absence and presence of the external field. Then, single point DFT calculations (B3LYP/6-31+G(d)) have been carried out. Depending on the direction of the field, the chemical reactivity of the model enzyme varies which suggests that an external electric field could, under proper conditions, improve the enzymatic hydrogen production.
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- Lemi Türker
- Department of Chemistry, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey
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Conlan AR, Paddock ML, Homer C, Axelrod HL, Cohen AE, Abresch EC, Zuris JA, Nechushtai R, Jennings PA. Mutation of the His ligand in mitoNEET stabilizes the 2Fe-2S cluster despite conformational heterogeneity in the ligand environment. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2011; 67:516-23. [PMID: 21636891 PMCID: PMC3107049 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444911011577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/28/2011] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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MitoNEET is the only identified Fe-S protein localized to the outer mitochondrial membrane and a 1.5 Å resolution X-ray analysis has revealed a unique structure [Paddock et al. (2007), Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 104, 14342-14347]. The 2Fe-2S cluster is bound with a 3Cys-1His coordination which defines a new class of 2Fe-2S proteins. The hallmark feature of this class is the single noncysteine ligand His87, which when replaced by Cys decreases the redox potential (E(m)) by ∼300 mV and increases the stability of the cluster by around sixfold. Unexpectedly, the pH dependence of the lifetime of the 2Fe-2S cluster remains the same as in the wild-type protein. Here, the crystal structure of H87C mitoNEET was determined to 1.7 Å resolution (R factor = 18%) to investigate the structural basis of the changes in the properties of the 2Fe-2S cluster. In comparison to the wild type, structural changes are localized to the immediate vicinity of the cluster-binding region. Despite the increased stability, Cys87 displays two distinct conformations, with distances of 2.3 and 3.2 Å between the S(γ) and the outer Fe of the 2Fe-2S cluster. In addition, Lys55 exhibits multiple conformations in the H87C mutant protein. The structure and distinct characteristics of the H87C mutant provide a framework for further studies investigating the effects of mutation on the properties of the 2Fe-2S cluster in this new class of proteins.
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- Andrea R. Conlan
- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Wolfson Centre for Applied Structural Biology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Botelho HM, Leal SS, Veith A, Prosinecki V, Bauer C, Fröhlich R, Kletzin A, Gomes CM. Role of a novel disulfide bridge within the all-beta fold of soluble Rieske proteins. J Biol Inorg Chem 2009; 15:271-81. [PMID: 19862563 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-009-0596-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Accepted: 10/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rieske proteins and Rieske ferredoxins are present in the three domains of life and are involved in a variety of cellular processes. Despite their functional diversity, these small Fe-S proteins contain a highly conserved all-beta fold, which harbors a [2Fe-2S] Rieske center. We have identified a novel subtype of Rieske ferredoxins present in hyperthermophilic archaea, in which a two-cysteine conserved SKTPCX((2-3))C motif is found at the C-terminus. We establish that in the Acidianus ambivalens representative, Rieske ferredoxin 2 (RFd2), these cysteines form a novel disulfide bond within the Rieske fold, which can be selectively broken under mild reducing conditions insufficient to reduce the [2Fe-2S] cluster or affect the secondary structure of the protein, as shown by visible circular dichroism, absorption, and attenuated total reflection Fourier transform IR spectroscopies. RFd2 presents all the EPR, visible absorption, and visible circular dichroism spectroscopic features of the [2Fe-2S] Rieske center. The cluster has a redox potential of +48 mV (25 degrees C and pH 7) and a pK (a) of 10.1 +/- 0.2. These shift to +77 mV and 8.9 +/- 0.3, respectively, upon reduction of the disulfide. RFd2 has a melting temperature near the boiling point of water (T(m) = 99 degrees C, pH 7.0), but it becomes destabilized upon disulfide reduction (DeltaT(m) = -9 degrees C, DeltaC(m) = -0.7 M guanidinium hydrochloride). This example illustrates how the incorporation of an additional structural element such as a disulfide bond in a highly conserved fold such as that of the Rieske domain may fine-tune the protein for a particular function or for increased stability.
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- Hugo M Botelho
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Tucker NP, Hicks MG, Clarke TA, Crack JC, Chandra G, Le Brun NE, Dixon R, Hutchings MI. The transcriptional repressor protein NsrR senses nitric oxide directly via a [2Fe-2S] cluster. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3623. [PMID: 18989365 PMCID: PMC2577008 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2008] [Accepted: 10/16/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The regulatory protein NsrR, a member of the Rrf2 family of transcription repressors, is specifically dedicated to sensing nitric oxide (NO) in a variety of pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria. It has been proposed that NO directly modulates NsrR activity by interacting with a predicted [Fe-S] cluster in the NsrR protein, but no experimental evidence has been published to support this hypothesis. Here we report the purification of NsrR from the obligate aerobe Streptomyces coelicolor. We demonstrate using UV-visible, near UV CD and EPR spectroscopy that the protein contains an NO-sensitive [2Fe-2S] cluster when purified from E. coli. Upon exposure of NsrR to NO, the cluster is nitrosylated, which results in the loss of DNA binding activity as detected by bandshift assays. Removal of the [2Fe-2S] cluster to generate apo-NsrR also resulted in loss of DNA binding activity. This is the first demonstration that NsrR contains an NO-sensitive [2Fe-2S] cluster that is required for DNA binding activity.
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- Nicholas P. Tucker
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (NPT); (MIH)
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
- School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
- * E-mail: (NPT); (MIH)
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Guo S, Boyd J, Sammynaiken R, Loewen MC. Identification and characterization of a unique cysteine residue proximal to the catalytic site of Arabidopsis thaliana carotenoid cleavage enzyme 1. Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 86:262-70. [DOI: 10.1139/o08-031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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AtCCD1 and AtNCED3 are related carotenoid cleavage enzymes from Arabidopsis thaliana that catalyze the oxidative cleavage of, respectively, the 9,10 (9′,10′) double bonds of carotenoid substrates such as β-carotene, and the 11,12 double bond of 9-cis epoxycarotenoids. Although the cellular and cleavage functionalities of these enzymes have been reported, their mechanisms and related structural environments mediating these disparate specificities in homologous enzymes have not been well characterized. By relating the differences observed in UV and visible light absorption and Cu(II) electron paramagnetic signals to variations in sequence alignments and 3-D homology models of the two A. thaliana enzymes, we identified a putatively proximal cysteine residue (Cys352) in AtCCD1 that is not conserved in AtNCED3. Spectral analysis of the Cys to Ala mutant confirmed its uniqueness and proximity to the metal binding site, but precluded any role for the residue in the mediation of the observed metal binding affinity or associated steric constraint differences. Further analysis of kinetic substrate cleavage properties indicated a decrease in Vmax and a subtle increase in Km for the C352A mutant compared with those observed for the wild-type, thus confirming catalytic site proximity and suggesting possible roles for the unique cysteine in the modulation of substrate affinity and (or) the reaction rate of AtCCD1.
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- Shukui Guo
- Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- SK Structural Science Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- SK Structural Science Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- SK Structural Science Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council Canada, 110 Gymnasium Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W9, Canada
- SK Structural Science Centre, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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Senda M, Kishigami S, Kimura S, Fukuda M, Ishida T, Senda T. Molecular mechanism of the redox-dependent interaction between NADH-dependent ferredoxin reductase and Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin. J Mol Biol 2007; 373:382-400. [PMID: 17850818 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2007] [Revised: 07/31/2007] [Accepted: 08/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The electron transfer system of the biphenyl dioxygenase BphA, which is derived from Acidovorax sp. (formally Pseudomonas sp.) strain KKS102, is composed of an FAD-containing NADH-ferredoxin reductase (BphA4) and a Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin (BphA3). Biochemical studies have suggested that the whole electron transfer process from NADH to BphA3 comprises three consecutive elementary electron-transfer reactions, in which BphA3 and BphA4 interact transiently in a redox-dependent manner. Initially, BphA4 receives two electrons from NADH. The reduced BphA4 then delivers one electron each to the [2Fe-2S] cluster of the two BphA3 molecules through redox-dependent transient interactions. The reduced BphA3 transports the electron to BphA1A2, a terminal oxygenase, to support the activation of dioxygen for biphenyl dihydroxylation. In order to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of the sequential reaction and the redox-dependent interaction between BphA3 and BphA4, we determined the crystal structures of the productive BphA3-BphA4 complex, and of free BphA3 and BphA4 in all the redox states occurring in the catalytic cycle. The crystal structures of these reaction intermediates demonstrated that each elementary electron transfer induces a series of redox-dependent conformational changes in BphA3 and BphA4, which regulate the interaction between them. In addition, the conformational changes induced by the preceding electron transfer seem to induce the next electron transfer. The interplay of electron transfer and induced conformational changes seems to be critical to the sequential electron-transfer reaction from NADH to BphA3.
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- Miki Senda
- Japan Biological Information Research Center, Japan Biological Informatics Consortium, 2-42 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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Senda M, Kishigami S, Kimura S, Senda T. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the electron-transfer complex of Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin and NADH-dependent ferredoxin reductase derived from Acidovorax sp. strain KKS102. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2007; 63:520-3. [PMID: 17554177 PMCID: PMC2335082 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309107023007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2007] [Accepted: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The electron-transfer complex of BphA3, a Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin, and BphA4, a NADH-dependent ferredoxin reductase, was crystallized using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method under anaerobic conditions. The obtained crystals were analyzed by SDS-PAGE, which showed that they contained both BphA3 and BphA4. The crystals belong to space group P2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 60.60, b = 173.72, c = 60.98 A, beta = 115.8 degrees, and diffracted to a resolution of 1.9 A.
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- Miki Senda
- Japan Biological Information Research Center (JBIRC), Japan Biological Infomatics Consortium (JBIC), 2-42 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Functional Engineering, University of Ibaraki, 4-12-1 Nakanarusawa, Hitachi, Ibaraki 316-8511, Japan
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- Biological Information Research Center (BIRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-42 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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Senda M, Kishigami S, Kimura S, Senda T. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the reduced Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin derived from Pseudomonas sp. strain KKS102. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2007; 63:311-4. [PMID: 17401203 PMCID: PMC2330217 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309107009992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2006] [Accepted: 03/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The reduced form of BphA3, a Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin component of the biphenyl dioxygenase BphA from Pseudomonas sp. strain KKS102, was crystallized by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method under anaerobic conditions. The crystal belongs to space group P3(1)21, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 49.6, c = 171.9 A, and diffracts to a resolution of 1.95 A. A molecular-replacement calculation using oxidized BphA3 as a search model yielded a satisfactory solution.
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- Miki Senda
- Japan Biological Information Research Center (JBIRC), Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), 2-42 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Functional Engineering, University of Ibaraki, 4-12-1 Nakanarusawa, Hitachi, Ibaraki 316-8511, Japan
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- Biological Information Research Center (BIRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-42 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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Reents H, Gruner I, Harmening U, Böttger LH, Layer G, Heathcote P, Trautwein AX, Jahn D, Härtig E. Bacillus subtilis Fnr senses oxygen via a [4Fe-4S] cluster coordinated by three cysteine residues without change in the oligomeric state. Mol Microbiol 2006; 60:1432-45. [PMID: 16796679 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05198.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The oxygen regulator Fnr is part of the regulatory cascade in Bacillus subtilis for the adaptation to anaerobic growth conditions. In vivo complementation experiments revealed the essential role of only three cysteine residues (C227, C230, C235) at the C-terminus of B. subtilis Fnr for the transcriptional activation of the nitrate reductase operon (narGHJI) and nitrite extrusion protein gene (narK) promoters. UV/VIS, electron paramagnetic spin resonance (EPR) and Mössbauer spectroscopy experiments in combination with iron and sulphide content determinations using anaerobically purified recombinant B. subtilis Fnr identified the role of these three cysteine residues in the formation of one [4Fe-4S]2+ cluster per Fnr molecule. The obtained Mössbauer parameters are supportive for a [4Fe-4S]2+ cluster with three cysteine ligated iron sites and one non-cysteine ligated iron site. Gel filtration experiments revealed a stable dimeric structure for B. subtilis Fnr which is independent of the presence of the [4Fe-4S]2+ cluster. Gel mobility shift and in vitro transcription assays demonstrated the essential role of an intact [4Fe-4S]2+ cluster for promoter binding and transcriptional activation. An amino acid exchange introduced in the proposed alphaD-helix of B. subtilis Fnr (G149S) abolished its in vivo and in vitro activities indicating its importance for intramolecular signal transduction. The clear differences in the localization and coordination of the [4Fe-4S] cluster and in the organization of the oligomeric state between Escherichia coli and B. subtilis Fnr indicate differences in their mode of action.
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- Heike Reents
- Institute of Microbiology, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstrasse 7, D-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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Senda M, Kimura S, Kishigami S, Senda T. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin component of biphenyl dioxygenase from Pseudomonas sp. strain KKS102. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2006; 62:590-2. [PMID: 16754990 PMCID: PMC2243079 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309106017799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 05/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BphA3, a Rieske-type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin component of a biphenyl dioxygenase (BphA) from Pseudomonas sp. strain KKS102, was crystallized by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. Two crystal forms were obtained from the same conditions. The form I crystal belongs to space group P2(1)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = 26.3, b = 144.3, c = 61.5 A, and diffracted to 2.45 A resolution. The form II crystal belongs to space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 26.2, b = 121.3, c = 142.7 A, and diffracted to 2.8 A resolution. A molecular-replacement calculation using BphF as a search model yielded a satisfactory solution for both forms.
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- Miki Senda
- Japan Biological Information Research Center (JBIRC), Japan Biological Informatics Consortium (JBIC), 2-42 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Functional Engineering, University of Ibaraki, 4-12-1 Nakanarusawa, Hitachi, Ibaraki 316-8511, Japan
- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Biological Information Research Center (BIRC), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 2-42 Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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Kimbara K. Recent Developments in the Study of Microbial Aerobic Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls. Microbes Environ 2005. [DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.20.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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